George Mikes in The Quotes on the Front Page
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The_Look
Jul 27, 2006, 10:29:15 PM7/27/06
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The other day, for instance - I just mention this as a terrifying
example to show you how
low some people can sink - I wanted a cup of coffee and a piece of
cheese
for tea. It was one of those exceptionally hot days and my wife (once
a good
Englishwoman, now completely and hopelessly led astray by my wicked
foreign influence) made some cold coffee and put it in the
refrigerator, where it
froze and became one solid block. On the other hand, she left the
cheese
on the kitchen table, where it melted. So I had a piece of coffee and a
glass
of cheese.
example to show you how
low some people can sink - I wanted a cup of coffee and a piece of
cheese
for tea. It was one of those exceptionally hot days and my wife (once
a good
Englishwoman, now completely and hopelessly led astray by my wicked
foreign influence) made some cold coffee and put it in the
refrigerator, where it
froze and became one solid block. On the other hand, she left the
cheese
on the kitchen table, where it melted. So I had a piece of coffee and a
glass
of cheese.
- George Mikes, 'How to Be an Alien' (1946).
Useful links:
http://www.lib.ru/ANEKDOTY/mikes1.txt
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